Cigarette holder



May 2, 1933 H E, ADAMS 1,907,195

- CIGARETTE HOLDER Filed May 20, 1931 2 Sheets-Sheet l f0 -fi Y FIILI llllll INVENTOR.

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May 2, 1933. ADAMS 1,907,195

C IGARETTE HOLDER Filed May 20, 1951 2 Sheets-Sheet 2 INVENTOR.

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Patented May 2, 1933 HARLEY E. ADAMS, OF PARKERSBURG, WEST VIRGINIA CIGARETTE HOLDER Application filed May 0, 1931. Serial No; 538,841.

' This invention relates to improvements in cigarette holders.

The primary object of this invention is the provision of a relatively simple cigarette holder and ash-tray which may receive a cigarette or the like in such manner that an individual with ease'may handle the same for the smoking of the cigarette and be assured that the ashes will not drop from thecigarette.

A further object of this invention is the provision of a combination device for holding cigarettes and receiving the ashes ther of, which is of relatively light weight material so that a user may support the same together with the cigarette in his or her mouth without inconvenience and in an in conspicuous manner.

A further object of this invention is the provision of an improved combination cigarette holder and ash-tray which is useful as a smoking accessory for card players, and which may have cooperatively associated therewith a symbol of the cards being played.

Other objects and advantages of this in vention will be apparent during the course of the following detailed description;

In the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, and wherein similar reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout the several views,

Figure 1 is a plan view of the improved combination cigarette holder and ashtray.

Figure 2 is an end elevation of the improved tray.

Figure 3 is a side elevation of the improved holder and tray.

Figure 4 is a sectional view taken longitudinally of the holder and tray substantially on the line of Figure 1.

Figure 5 is a view of the undeveloped die cut blank prior to the die-stamping of the same to form.

Figure 6 is a modified form of the improved holder and tray showing the same having a heart cooperatively associated in a functional relation therewith, in lieu of a spade as shown in Figure 1.

Figure 7 is a'plan view of a further modified form of cigarette holder and ash-tray having a diamond associated in a functional and symbolic relation therewith.

Figure 8 is a'blank form of the die-cut ma .50

Figure 12 is a die cut blank from which the tray of Figure 11 is-formed'. v Figure 13 is a. further modified form of tray, having the ash receiving end crimped,

but otherwise being formed of the same blank of material as shown in Figure '12. p

'In the drawings, wherein for the purpose of illustration are shown preferred and modified forms of the invention, the letters A, B,

C and D may-respectively designate the forms of invenion shown in Figures 1, 6, 7 and 9 of the drawings, having card symbols or pips associated in a functional andornamental re lation therewith, and the other forms of invention E and F, respectively shown in F ig- 7 ures l1 and 13 of the'drawings, are shaped and provided without the symbols.

The forms of invention A and B are struck from thesame blank of material, designated at 15 in Figure 5 of the drawings; theform 8Q :of invention C is struck from the blank of material 16 shown in Figure 8 of the draw- 7 ings; the form ofinvention D is struck from the blank of material 17 shown in Figure 10'of the drawings, and the forms of invention E and F are struck from the same die cutblank of material 18 shown in Figure 12 of the drawings.

All of the die cuttings 15, 16, 17 and 18 are the same with the exception of the forma- 9Q tion of the tray providing bodies thereof at the free end, and insofar as applicable the same reference characters designate corresponding parts in all forms of the invention. The improved combination cigarette holder and ash-tray is struck from a single piece of material in blank plane form, and the various parts then die-stamped to the proper contour, or otherwise bent into form. The blanks each include an elongated body portion 20 which at one end has the opposite edges 21 and 22 convexly arcuated in a convergent relation. A blank rectangular portion 23 is connected at this end of'the body 20 along a ,line 26 which is normal to the longitudinal axis of the body portion 20. This portion 23"has-the opposite side portions thereof extending beyond the convex edges 21'and 22 of the body 20. At one side of the blank 20, spaced but adjacent to the portion 23, there is a short lateral extension 27, the axis of which may be at an angle of slightly greater than 90 with respect to the adjacent, edge 28 of the body 20 from which the same extends. At the opposite side edge 29 of the blank body 20 there is provided a relatively long narrow portion 30, the axis of which is arranged at an acute angle to the longitudinal medial axis of the body portion 20. This portion 30 is connected only at one end corner of the body portion 20" adjacent to the end portion 23, and for the major lengththereof it is free of any other connection with the body 20. The body portion 20 at its end opposite the portion 23, in the form of invention A, is struck as shown at 35 with the opposite sides edges 36 and 37 similarly convexly curved in bulging relation beyond the opposite marginal edges 28 and 29 of the body portion, and then tapers at. 38 and 39 convergently to a point 40; this end portion 3ffbeing thus formed to be diestamped to form in representation of either a spade, as shown in the form of invention A, or a heart, as shown in the form of inventIOI].

The blank 16 shown in Figure 8 is formed similar to the blank 15 as indicated, but at the end opposite the portion 23 it has lateral extensions with straight line divergent edges 36 and 37 a and convergent straight line edges 38- and 39 terminating at a point 40 this end formation of the body portion of the die blank 16 enabling the form of invention C-to be shaped to the form of a diamond at the ash receiving end.

, In the blank 17 at the end opposite the portion 23 the same has lateral extensions formed by outwardly bulging or convexing the edges 36 and 37 and thence continuing said edges towards the longitudinal axis of the body 20 and short of said axis having a forward segmental extension 40 'integrally connected as part of the body 20 'of the blank 17; this end formation of the blank 17 when struck to body portion 20 defines atrough 40. At its rear end between the margins 21 and 22 the body -is also bowed upwardly and the side wings of the end portion 23 between the edges 21 and22 are arcuated upwardly to provide spring arms 41 and 42 defining a holder hav-' ing a socket 43 within which the finger engaging end of a cigarette is slipped so that the mouth inserting end protrudes beyond the edge 44 of the holder portion, which is beaded or slightly laterally flanged. as shown in the drawings. The wing 27 is bent downwardly and at its lower end inwardly, as shown at 45 in Figure 2, to define a leg; the under-surface thereof lying in the same plane as the bottom-most edge of the trough at its opposi e end. The handle forming portion 30 is dou-' bled upon itself along its longitudinal axis, and along its connecting line 46 with the body portion is then bent downwardly parallel with the upright portion of the supporting leg 45. The thus doubled portion is then bent transversely into a J-shape' to define a handle 50, as shown in Figure 1, which may be any other shape than shown, but which enables a person with facility to grasp the same with a finger, and manipulate the cigarette when smoking. The lower edge 51 of the handle 50 lies in the same plane as the lower surface of the supporting leg 45, as shown in Figure 2 so that the leg 45 and the handle will prevent lateral tipping of the device when it is laid upon a surface,such as a table. The ash receiving ends ofthe various blanks 15, 16, 17 and 18 are bowed upwardly at the sides thereof and preferably also at the free ends to define a dish-shaped trough wherein the ashes are received and prevented from overfilling. In the ornamental'formation of the tray and holder A shown in Figure 1, the body portion of the blank may be die-stamped in a trough 40, and at its free end completed in the shape of the spade pip of conventional playing cards, as is shown in Figure 1-. This is similarly true of the heart pip shown in Figure 6,

the diamond pip shown in Figure 7, and the club pip shown in'Figure 9. However, it is to be noted that the sides and free ends of the various pips or symbols have functional ad vantages in being upturned inasmuch as they receive the ashes against overspill.

In the form of invention E the ash receiving end of the trough 40 is of plainbowlshaped construction, and in the form of invention F this end may be crimped as shown at 60, or provided with corrugations or serrations in any approved arrangement.

In using the improved combination cigarette holder and tray it should be remembered that the device may be economically struck at a single die cutting operation from a blank of material. Preferably sheet aluminum is used so that the finished article is relatively light and when attached to a cigarette may be supported with the cigarette in the mouth of the smoker without any other support. The compactness and conformity of the trough to the cigarette renders it comparatively inconspicuous. However, the device may with facility be grasped at the handle portion by the cigarette smoker and manipulated, and set upon a table or other support. There will be not displacement of ashes and the device will support the cigarette in a sanitary relation, inasmuch as the wet end of the cigarette is supported above the plane on which the device rests, as will be quite apparent from Figure 3 of the drawings. The spring arms 41 and 42 may be bowed as desired to snugly clamp around the cigarette and support the cigarette so that its lighted end is maintained above the trough and will not contact therewith, and so that there will be no liability of burning or scorching of the surface on which the tray is supported. The device when properly used will prevent discoloring of the fingers of the smoker, as is quite apparent.

Various changes in the shape, size, and arrangement of parts may be made to the forms of invention herein shown and described, without departing from the spirit of the invention or the scope of the claims.

I claim:

1. In a combination cigarette holder and ash tray the combination of an elongate bowed ash trough having at one end thereof a cigarette holder which will hold a cigarette with the portion to be smoked in exposed relation over the trough for depositing ashes therein as the cigarette is smoked, an elongate laterally extending combined handle and support member connected with said trough at one side thereof with the free end of the handle curved inwardly toward the side of the trough, whereby said member is so related to the trough that it will act as a support for maintaining the trough in a cigarette supporting and ash receiving position and will prevent tipping of the trough laterally and longitudinally.

2. As an article of manufacture a combination cigarette holder and ash tray comprising an elongate trough-like body portion having laterally extending upturned spring cigarette holding arms integrally connected at one end of the body portion, the body portion at its opposite end being shaped in ash porting relation.

H. E. ADAMS. 

